Four Horsemen: Team Tournament.

Just got back from Four Horsemen's first Team Tournament. The store had an excellent turnout; I think we started with eight teams going against each other. I paired my Slaaneshi daemons up with Dark Eldar, and over the course of three rounds we set out to visit horrors undreamed on our opponents; we were mostly successful.

Here's a quick breakdown of our team roster:

Daemons: Great Unclean One, 6 Fiends of Slaanesh, 10 Daemonettes, 5 Plaguebearers x2, Herald of Tzeentch w/ Chariot & Bolt x2, Daemon Prince w/ Pavane of Slaanesh.

Dark Eldar: Lilith Hesperax. 5 Warriors w/ Venom x2, Wyches in Raiders x2, Razorwing Fighter w/ Necrotoxin Missiles

Game 1: Team Bloodaxe - Blood Angels and Space Wolves

This was a 5 objective mission with Dawn of War deployment. Our opponents ran a mostly foot list, with a large pack of Blood Claws in the center backed up by a pair of Jumper Assault Squads complete with Librarian and Sanguinary Priest- which was actually rather intimidating since under the tournament rules the BA buffs were applying to the Space Wolves as well. My Daemon Prince became aware of this when an angry mob of S5 Blood Claws tore him limb from limb.

Despite that the game setup gave us a real advantage; we went second, negating a turn of shooting, and then rolled on/ deepstruck into a refused flank position on our right side. The Razorwing let fly with all of its missiles, cutting the BA squads almost in half. On their next turn, they were able to wipe out my Daemon Prince, but their Long Fangs couldn't bring down the Wyche's Raiders. The next turn saw the Daemonettes, both Wyche squads. Lilith, and the Great Unclean One mulitiassault their main force and cripple it. After that it was mostly a question of mopping up, although both players fought through turn 6 when we were finally able to claim the last objective and table them.

Game 2: Team Hordes - Orks and Tyranids

This was an interesting game; our opponents brought 100 Orks and a Big Mek, and hid them behind 90 Hormagaunts being led by the Swarmlord. Deployment was Spearhead, with Kill Points as the victory condition and 1 HQ per side being nominated as an assassination target worth an additional 5 KP. We chose Lilith for our side; they chose the Mek.  Once again we tried a refused flank, with my Daemons landing as close to our lines as I dared. Splinter cannon fire and Necrotoxin missiles finished off one brood of 30 Hormagaunts, and then we were out of templates, and it became a matter of using their frontline units as shields against the more distant mobs.

My Daemon Prince redeemed his poor performance in the other two games here; he managed to string out the unit the Mek was hiding in, pulling the HQ into assault range of both the Prince and the Unclean One, who were able to kill him easily. This gave us a pretty comfy lead in KP, but we almost lost it when we ran out of room to maneuver in our corner and my screening Daemons were overwhelmed. Ultimately we won the game when Lilith's squad wiped out the Orks trying to kill the sole survivor of of the first Wyche squad, giving us a minor victory 11 KP to 10.

Game 3 - For the Greener Good - Orks and Tau

This mission was a King of the Hill type setup, with a central objective that granted points for scoring unit that was within range so long as it was uncontested. By turn 2 things were looking grim - both Raiders had been shot down, the Wyches were mostly dead, Lilith and the few surviving Wyches were fighting for their lives against 2 mobs of Orks, and the Tau battle line was unscathed. Somehow we managed to push back. The Daemon Prince and Unclean One managed to tank and thin out the Orks while Lilith and the Wyches went absolutely berserk, breaking the survivors and forcing them to flee off the table. The last of the 3 Ork mobs went down to a combined charge of Fiends, my MCs, and Lilith, while the surviving DE Warriors managed to get into scoring range and tie us up 4 to 4. It wasn't quite enough; both sides were able to contest the central objective while we murdered one another's remaining troops, and the game ended at the bottom of turn 6 a draw. 

For the Greener Good took a well deserved first place on the strength of their earlier games - 2 massacres to our 1 and a minor victory, putting us in second overall for the day.